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Topic: Final decisions... (Read 4522 times)

I´ve been reading almost all new topic´s in the past months andthere is no doubt that in gonna build a MCE system with one hybrid and two MD´s.But i still have 1 or 2 questions....Mobo´s: I think that with a little more time and patience in the install (New Nvidia Drivers installation), Abit AN-M2HD it´s almost full compatible, new Nvidia VGA,HDMI etc..but with your experience what are the main advantages/disadvantages for the (old) Asus M2NPV-VM that it´s 100% compatible and plug & enjoy ?Since i gonna use for start two mobo´s (1 Hybrid + 1 MD connected to a HDMI LCD, using MythTV to see and record some programs,Photo gallery, etc), and forgetting about installation issues and time lost.

Pros: HDMI , Firewire, Gigabit LanCons: Spdif to close to HDMI. Could not connect monster cable spdif at same time as HDMI.

Testing results:Connected 17 lcd monitor

1. PXE boot as MD (enable boot rom in bios -set boot order)Observations: quick detection of dhcpRan Diskless Install under 2o mins (went for sandwich not sure exactly how long it took)Wizard came up, it went crazy when I moved the mouse. (Later found loose connection on kvm switch).Thought mouse problem might be related to vid driver so installed eny to install latest nvidia drivers again (Later found loose connection on kvm switch). So I may not have needed to install envy and the latest drivers.

Zarec I have not done a wiki page before would it be too much trouble for you to cut and paste some of this and put it in the proper places, and I will update it as I test further.

If I am beeing to lazy tell me to use the damn hardware wiki and I will get to it when I can.

Just go to: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ABIT AN-M2HD hit edit and paste away, add the categories at the top as described here and you're done. Just to get you started I've already done it for you so happy wikki-ing you lazy butt and thanks for sharing your experience with the rest of us.

EDIT:

Oops, I just noticed I forgot to save the page, still had it open in my browser, should be there now.